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Red Dwarf present for my brother
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Author:  retrogarde [ Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Red Dwarf present for my brother

My brother and I grew up on Red Dwarf, which is sort of a "button-hole cousin" to Aliens. So for his 43rd birthday I decided to make him something special. The show opened with a close-up of Lister painting the letters RED DWARF on the side of the ship. We pan out to see how massive the vessel is. I wanted to capture some of that magic as a piece of art.

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When I was building the model of the Freya 7 I discovered how useful the innards of old laptops could be for creating spaceship exteriors.

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I then scrounged through my junk drawers for bits and pieces to fill in gaps, hide screws, etc.

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After a coat of paint it is starting to look the part!

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So here it is done and framed. I did a lot of weathering and added a few water slide decals for some extra visual interest.

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For a stand-in for Lister I used a tiny Star Wars figure of Baze from Rogue One, with a space helmet made of putty. The scale of the man to the giant F is quite close to the original! This all fits securely in a frame and now hangs on his wall. It was a lot of fun to make!

Author:  577_ops [ Sun Apr 02, 2017 10:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Red Dwarf present for my brother

Great work! You brother must be very happy about it.

Author:  bigbisont [ Sun Apr 02, 2017 1:16 pm ]
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That is some fine outside the box thinking and it looks great!

Author:  Dropshipbob [ Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:26 pm ]
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I'll say! Great idea and execution!

Author:  retrogarde [ Fri Apr 07, 2017 10:37 pm ]
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Thanks guys!

Author:  retrogarde [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:31 am ]
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Thank you Mantroon!

Author:  Matsuo [ Tue Jun 27, 2017 4:08 pm ]
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OUTSTANDING!

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